Flash Gordon (1980) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 44 titles created 10 Dec 2011 a list of 22 titles created 29 Jan 2014 a list of 35 titles created 5 months ago a list of 24 titles created 4 months ago a list of 24 titles created 2 months ago Search for " Flash Gordon " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards » Photos Edit Storyline Flash Gordon is an American football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr.

Hans Zarkov's rocketship along with his beautiful girlfriend Dale Arden. The threesome are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, ruled by Emperor Ming the Merciless. The evil Ming has been testing Earth with unnatural disasters, and deeming our world a threat to his rule. He also intends to take Dale as his concubine, attempts to execute Flash and intends to destroy Earth. Flash must avoid the amorous attentions of Ming's daughter, and unite the warring kingdoms of Mongo to rescue Dale and save our world. Written by David Thiel <d-thiel@uiuc.edu> Get ready to kick some Flash. See more » Genres: 5 December 1980 (USA) See more » Also Known As: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Dino De Laurentiis originally hoped that Federico Fellini would direct this film. The director had actually contributed to the original Flash strip cartoon during WWII. See more » Goofs When Flash holds out his hand to help Baron over the edge of the tilting combat platform, one of the spikes bends as Flash's leg pushes against it.

See more » Quotes [first lines] The Emperor Ming : Klytus, I'm bored. What play thing can you offer me today? Klytus : An obscure body in the S-K System, Your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet Earth. The Emperor Ming : How peaceful it looks. [He activates a console, and watches as earthquakes, floods, etc. start to occur. They both get a good laugh out of it] Klytus : Most effective, Your Majesty. Will you destroy this Earth? The Emperor Ming : Later. I like to play with thing a while before annihilation. [laughs evilly] Closing credits: THE END ? See more » Connections See more » Frequently Asked Questions (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews I'm not even joking. It's quite possibly one of the worst films ever made, but that is what makes it so marvellous. Loud, cheesy, poorly acted and about as subtle as a pitchfork rammed up the bum.

Based on the long- running strips originally written by Alex Raymond, it tells the story of all- American goodie Flash Gordon and his teleportation onto the planet Mongo, lorded over by the eviler- than- evil Ming the Merciless, who has eyes on Flash's lady friend, Dale Arden. If you are a fan of comic books, the sci-fi genre, Queen, or, like me, all three, then this is, simply put perfect entertainment. They should make more films like this- cheesy, camp and stupid. by the way, if you hate this because you think it is too stupid, you REALLY don't understand it!! LONG LIVE FLASH!!! 47 of 84 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Queen — Flash — Listen, watch, download and discover music for free at Last.fm queen "Flash" is a song by British rock group Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May , "Flash" is the theme song of the 1980 film Flash Gordon. The soundtrack released to coincide with the film contained only the music composed and performed by Queen. There are two versions of the song.

The album version (" Flash's Theme ") is in fact the start to the movie, with all the dialog from the first scene. The single version features dialogue cut from various… read more Don't want to see ads? Subscribe now Similar Tracks Flash Gordon Soundtrack and Movie Music - The 80s Movies Rewind Flash Gordon Soundtrack Click for more info & how to buy... SmartLinking:To save you time, artists listed on this page are only clickable if they have contributed to at least one other movie we feature. Click these linked names to see what else their music has been featured in... Coming Soon To This Page: iTunes Links Where in the movie the track is used ...& Much More Songs FLASH! Ahhhhh-Ahhhhh... What can you say about such an iconic work apart from that it must have been pretty hard to make a movie at the time that was a commercial disappointment -despite a multi platinum soundtrack and the title track being #1 both sides of the Atlantic, but that's what De-Laurentis managed. The soundtrack is a great piece of work and easily stands on it's own as a work of art.

Mixed with a few vocal songs performed by Queen are some very interesting and ethereal synth works that set the mood and tone perfectly. As an overall piece, this soundtrack represents some of Queen's most interesting commercial work. The title tune is highly memorable, as is the great ending montage. The following song tracks were featured in Flash Gordon: Track names in Bold are linked to a Soundtrack release. Are We Missing Any? Song Trivia The music for 'Flash Gordon' was written and performed by legendary rock group, Queen. Their album 'Flash Gordon' was, sadly, considered a flop, selling less than half a million copies in 1980. -Thanks to Phantom Planet Sam J. Jones stars as Flash Gordon Score Music Composer(s): Queen, Howard Blake The iconic music by Queen is well known. However, some 52 minutes of instrumental score were composed by Howard Blake, and are missing from the release of the soundtrack. Recently, however, Howard's part of the score (and it was considerable) was finally issued on CD, coupled with his score for AMITYVILLE 3D as a limited edition. The following instrumental Score pieces were featured in Flash Gordon: Track names in Bold are linked to a Soundtrack release. Are We Missing Any ?

Score Trivia Do you know any interesting trivia about the instrumental score music used in Flash Gordon? Please send it in by clicking Here Flash Gordon Flash Gordon A Night At The Opera Click for more info A Day At The Races Click for more info On Fire Live At The Bowl Click for more info By Greg Brooks and Gary Taylor Queen’s ninth studio album was the original soundtrack to the movie based on the comic strip character Flash Gordon. It was the band’s first foray into the film world and would prove to be their only full soundtrack album. Later, they would write several songs for the first Highlander adventure in 1986, which emerged (in reworked form) on the album A Kind Of Magic, also in that year, but that was not a soundtrack LP. The Flash Gordon music was recorded for Director Mike Hodges and Producer Dino De Laurentiis’ $22 million remake of the 1930’s black and white sci-fi film. The band was first approached in 1979, and as writing film music was something they had all thought about but had not yet got around to, their Manager arranged a meeting with De Laurentiis and mentioned Queen’s interest in scoring the film.

Rumour has it that De Laurentiis’ first reaction was simply, “Who are the Queens?” They were, as it turned out, the first rock band he had ever listened to, and the outcome was that the band was commissioned to write the music for the movie. Brian May later explained: “We saw 20 minutes of the finished film and thought it very good and over the top. We wanted to do something that was a real soundtrack. It’s a first in many ways, because a rock group has not done this type of thing before, or else it’s been toned down and they’ve been asked to write mushy background music. Whereas we were given the licence to do what we liked, as long as it complimented the picture.” Having just finished a lengthy European tour, and a further three week stint in Japan, spanning January to May, Queen spent the summer of 1979 working on The Game album, mostly at Musicland studios in Munich. It was during these sessions that they also started work on the score for Flash Gordon. Producing two albums simultaneously was not easy, but both progressed well.

After touring, holidays and other ventures, more work on Flash Gordon and The Game followed in the early part of 1980, again in Munich, and then a U.S. tour commenced in June and ran through to October. After a well-earned holiday for most of October, Queen set to work on completing the Flash soundtrack at Advision, Townhouse, and The Music Centre studios in London. The Hero was alone recorded at Utopia studios also in London. The album was complete by November. The music was composed, performed, arranged and (Executive) produced by Queen, with the overall album credited as a Brian May and Mack production. Like The Game, which was the first Queen LP to feature synthesizers, Flash Gordon continued the trend, though it features significantly more synths than The Game. Additional orchestral arrangements on the album were by Howard Blake, who also conducted the orchestra, and all of it was recorded at Anvil Studios. The orchestra features mostly throughout the film, to compliment Queen’s music, though some of it did also make the final soundtrack album too. Flash Gordon was released in the UK on 8th December 1980.

This will live in history as a notorious date because it also happens to be the day that John Lennon was shot dead outside his apartment in New York – an event which, in Queen terms, would later inspire Brian and Freddie to write two songs for the album that followed Flash Gordon; Put Out The Fire and Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) – for the Hot Space LP (1982). The band also performed Lennon’s Imagine at their own concert, the day after news broke of his death, at London’s Wembley Arena, as a tribute to the man who (with the rest of the Beatles) had been such a major influence on Queen. In the USA, Flash Gordon was issued over a month later, on 27th January 1981. The LP reached No 10 in the UK charts and 23 in America, both achieving gold award status. The album also made the Top 20 in Japan and Holland, and No 2 and 1 in Germany and Austria respectively.

The album cover concept came from Freddie; the Flash Gordon logo over a vivid yellow background, and with a scene from the film on the back, while the inner sleeve featured four individual photos of the band taken during the 1980 USA Game Tour by regular Queen live photographer Neil Preston. Though some fans were a little dubious to hear Queen were recording music for a comic character-inspired film adventure, the album that emerged was a pleasant surprise on various levels. The music works well as an accompaniment to the visuals of the film, punctuated by sound effects and dialogue from the cast, including Max Von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Topol and the larger than life English actor Brian Blessed. Any reservations among the fans were soon cast aside when the album’s only single Flash was released worldwide prior to the album, and faired well in the charts. Roger Taylor: “We’ve been offered quite a few films, but Flash Gordon was something which Brian and I were quite attracted to because of its sci-fi thirties connotations. The album was totally under our control and it was our idea to put dialogue on the album. That wasn’t the original idea.

We thought we’d get little snippets to give some idea of what was happening in the film and some atmosphere of the story.” All tracks were titled after the appropriate part of the film each part was written for, and when hearing the album in its own right the listener gets a vivid idea as to what’s happening in the story. The drama of the action, dialogue and over the top special effects, with Queen’s distinctive sound threading through it all, is a compelling and greatly unusual blend. The album opens with the soundtrack version of Flash’s Theme, the first of only two songs on the whole LP to feature proper vocals. The second example is that of the guitar driven The Hero, which closes the album in such imposing fashion. Both songs were written by Brian, and while the first was a single release (albeit in a different form), The Hero was never released as a single, which many fans still regard as a major oversight. It features a magnificent vocal from Freddie, as well as a stirring melody, percussion, bass and guitar riffs as powerful as any Queen single.

The rest of the material on the album is essentially instrumental pieces with dialogue here and there, and though a couple of the songs are less than a minute long, some contain truly beautiful moments of Queen at their sublime best, with emotive sounds that match the scenes perfectly. Brian also contributed the songs Flash To The Rescue, incorporating the familiar Flash beat and some intriguing elements from the film, while Battle Theme allows him to indulge some trademark heavy guitar before the song explodes into Crash Dive On Mingo City. Wagner’s majestic The Wedding March is given the full May/Red Special treatment in much the same vein as God Save The Queen was five years earlier on the album A Night At The Opera. Marriage of Dale And Ming (and Flash approaching), which Brian co wrote with Roger, features verses of Flash and yet more guitar, while Flash’s Theme Reprise (Victory celebrations) concludes the story in truly heroic style. It is easy to overlook this album, with its brash Flash Gordon imagery and unusual subject matter, and given that it clearly isn’t a traditional Queen studio album, but actually there are some real treasures to be found on this disc. The aforementioned Hero is a triumph on all levels, and Battle Theme demands attention and then refuses to be forgotten.

Both tracks featured in the Queen concerts of the time, and both went down a storm – especially The Hero. Roger’s other contributions to the soundtrack are In The Space Capsule (The love theme), with its sinister drum sounds and symphonic explosion at the end, the stark and rather foreboding In The Death Cell (Love theme reprise), and finally Escape From The Swamp, with its tense timpani led sound. Freddie wrote the equally menacing Ming’s Theme (In The Court Of Ming The Merciless), The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction Of Dale), containing a truly chilling synth line, the fast and furious Football Fight, and the typically romantic The Kiss (Aura resurrects Flash). Freddie also composed Vultan’s Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men), with its feisty synth and drums perfectly complimenting an epic battle in the sky in which actor Brian Blessed (himself a big Queen fan) is as boisterous and unmistakable as ever. John contributed Execution Of Flash, featuring some heavenly vocals from Freddie, and Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men), an eerie but tranquil interlude that brings together some of the main characters in the film as they unite to take on the mighty and merciless ruler Ming.

The album was well received by the press and critics alike and each review of the film made a special reference to the music from Queen. The LP was nominated for a BAFTA award and an Ivor Novello, and the film premiered in London on 11th December 1980. After touring Europe and spending time at home, the band resumed touring in 1981, commencing in Japan on 12th February, with five nights at the colossal Budokan in Tokyo. Prior to this on February 10th, Queen are invited as honoured guests to the premiere of the Flash Gordon movie in Tokyo, and are interviewed on stage before the film is screened. The only single to be released from the album was Flash, coupled with Freddie’s contrasting Football Fight. The disc was released in the UK on November 24th 1980 and was followed by a worldwide release. In the Elektra territories, including the USA, Canada, Australia and Japan, the single was re-titled Flash’s Theme (A.K.A Flash), hence the confusion to this day each time the track is referred to. Sometimes it’s Flash, other times it’s Flash’s Theme.

The author of the piece, Mr May, prefers the latter. The single was issued in the USA on 27th January 1981 and reached No 42 in the charts. It had already reached No 10 in the UK, gaining a silver disc award, and reached the top 10 also in Ireland, No 3 in Germany and No 1 in Austria. The single version of the song differed to the album cut quite significantly in that Brian added film dialogue to the single mix, making the track more of a complete song and giving some idea of what the film was about, which was especially appealing for radio play. The video for Flash (or is it Flash’s Theme?) was recorded at Advision Studios in London, and, like the movie, was directed by Mike Hodges. Permission was given to use clips of the film, and this was intercut with footage of the band simulating the recording of the track in the studio. Another alternate video, though similar, was also shot, but has never been released on any official video or DVD. Did You Know? 1. Recorded at same time as The Game studio album - first time band had worked on two projects at the same time 2.

Parts of dialogue from the movie were mixed into the music 3. Releasing this album held up a proposed Greatest Hits package for twelve months 4. Flash was Queen's first movie soundtrack album 5. At the time critics thought the music was seen to be highly atmospheric and perfectly matched the activities on screen Track Listing Lyrics 1. Flash's Theme Flash, a ah saviour of the universe Flash, a ah he'll save everyone of us Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Flash, a ah he's a miracle Flash, a ah king of the impossible He's for everyone of us, stand for everyone of us He'll save with a mighty hand - Every man every woman every child with a mighty flash Flash, a ah Flash, a ah he'll save everyone of us Just a man, with a man's courage He knows nothing but a man, but he can never fail No one but the pure in heart may find the golden grail Oh oh oh oh Flash 2. In The Space Capsule (The Love Theme) 3. Ming's Theme (In The Court Of Ming The Merciless) 4. The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction Of Dale) 5. Football Fight 6.

In The Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise) 7. Execution Of Flash 8. The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash) 9. Arboria (Planet Of The Tree Men) 10. Escape From The Swamp 11. Flash To The Rescue 12. Vultan's Theme (Attack Of The Hawk Men) 13. Battle Theme 15. Marriage Of Dale And Ming (And Flash Approaching) 16. Crash Dive On Mingo City 17. Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations) He's For Everyone Of Us stand for everyone of us he'll save with a mighty hand every man every woman every child he's the mighty flash no one but the pure in heart may find the golden grail oh oh oh oh flash 18.

The Hero So you feel like you ain't nobody Always needed to be somebody Put your feet on the ground Put your hand on your heart Lift your head to the stars And the world's for your taking All you got to do is save the world - yeah So you feel like it's end of story Find it all pretty satisfactory Well I tell you my friend, this might seem like the end But the continuation is yours for the making Yes you're a hero - ooh yeah Flash, a ah He's for everyone of us, stand for everyone of us He'll save with a mighty hand (he'll save with a mighty hand) He'll save with a mighty hand (he'll save with a mighty hand) He'll save with a mighty hand (he'll save us) Every man every woman every child - with a mighty - flash a ah 19.

Flash Theme (single version) Flash, ah saviour of the universe flash, ah he'll save ev'ry one of us "Seemingly there is no reason for these extraordinary inter-galactical events" "What's happening flash ?" "Only Doctor Hans Zarkov - formerly at NASA - has provided any explanation" Flash, ah he's a miracle "This morning's unprecedented solar eclipse is no cause for alarm" Flash, ah king of the impossible He's for ev'ry one of us, stand for ev'ry one of us He'll save with a mighty hand, ev'ry man ev'ry woman ev'ry child With a mighty flash "General kala... Flash Gordon approaching !" "What do you mean flash gordon approaching? Open fire all weapons.

Despatch war rocket and Ajax to bring back his body" Flash, ah "Gordon's alive !" Flash, ah he'll save ev'ry one of us Just a man with a man's courage He knows nothing but a man, but he can never fail No one but the pure in heart may find the golden grail Oh oh oh oh "Flash, Flash I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the earth" Flash Flash Gordon Movie - The 80s Movies Rewind More Trivia from Flash Gordon Back in 1934, a comic strip was created in the wake of Buck Rogers that would end up being perhaps the most influential of all time. The strip was "Flash Gordon". It inspired three classic movie serials starring legendary olympian Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon and Charles Middleton as Ming, three animated spinoffs, a live-action series, numerous comic books, and a film in 1980 that has become a cult classic. In the seventies, George Lucas, inspired by the serials, wanted to create a feature film of Flash Gordon. When the King Features deal did not seem satisfactory to Lucas, he instead created his own "space fantasy". That's right!

Flash Gordon was one of the chief inspirations for "Star Wars". The cloud city sequence in " The Empire Strikes Back " is the most obvious if you've seen Flash Gordon, but more on that later. After the mega-success of "Star Wars" and "Superman", it was decided by Universal that it would be great to make Flash Gordon, a space fantasy based on a comic, sort of a mixture of those two films. However, Flash Gordon, in taking heavy emphasis from the old serials with wooden acting and primitive special effects, became a camp-fest that was played for laughs much the way the Adam West "Batman" series was, especially since the script was written by one of the men behind that show, Lorenzo Semple Jr. Also, the movie totally rejected the new, used look of sci-fi that audiences had become accustomed to since they were introduced in "Alien" and "Star Wars". Instead the production design was pure '70s with sqeaky clean polished sets and shiny costumes. Thus, the film was not accepted by audiences and the sequel hinted at was never made, in a time when science fiction that took itself seriously, was the thing.

However, it has developed a cult following and is undeniably a highly entertaining production with many values that were unappreciated at the time. For instance, the wonderful art-deco design feel of everything. Flash Gordon, quarterback for the New York Jets, and Dale Arden, beautiful girl travel agent, are in a small plane that is attacked and forced to crash land by Ming the Merciless of the planet Mongo. The ruthless monarch is attacking the Earth, seeing if it will resist or be docile and prove no threat. Flash and Dale meet Dr. Hans Zarkov, a crazed scientist, who forces them to go to the rogue planet in space in a rocket-ship of his own design. He claims they can save the world. Once there, they encounter the amazing world of Mongo. Ming, the oriental-looking despot of the planet, keeps a firm grip by encouraging war amongst the nations of his planet. Immediately, our three heroes realize they must unite the races to save the planet and the Earth.

With the help of Ming's daughter, the irresistible Princess Aura who has the hots for Flash, Prince Barin of the forest kingdom of Arboria, rightful heir to the throne of Mongo and lover of Aura (she gets around), and King Vultan of the warrior hawkmen in the floating city, he just might be able to do it. Powered by a great soundtrack by rock legends Queen, you'll wish you were born with wings after seeing this movie. There's no way to explain, it can only be viewed. This cult film contains one of the the best mixtures of camp comedy, sci-fi, fantasy and action and adventure ever... Verdict? Overall, as I said above, this is the greatest pure entertainment ever. If you're a kid at heart and like cartoon-level dialougue, this will be a purely great fantasy. If you're older, you can laugh at it, but it's undeniable charm will still have you cheering Flash on to the tune of Queen's rocking theme. No fan of eighties movies should be without seeing this one that came at the beginning of the decade, on the flip side of the serious drama that is "Empire Strikes Back".

It's also a great introduction to the world of Flash Gordon, someone who's world extends far beyond this. The basic plot for this is faithfully recreated from the first year of the Alex Raymond strip and the first serial, so it is fun to get a hold of those and compare and contrast. That to me, is more than you can ask for of just about anything else. Notice any mistakes? Review Strengths: Wonderful blend of action, fantasy, and campy comedy, perhaps the best ever. Weaknesses? If you don't like cartoon dialogue and want a serious sci-fi modern update of the classic hero, go watch Star Wars. This won't be for you. Our rating: 9.3 out of 10 15 Best Superhero Songs | Billboard COMMENTS Put on your bat-suits and rejoice, for today (July 23) is National Batman Day ! As part of the Caped Crusader’s 75th anniversary, DC Comics is celebrating with comic giveaways and movie showings around the country. The festivities continue tomorrow when comic-book fans from all over descend on San Diego to partake in the annual and highly popular Comic-Con.

In honor of these comic festivities, we're celebrating the best in superhero-inspired music, from Eminem's self-indulgent "Superman" to Queen's energized "Flash" theme song. There are quite a few songs for Batman and the Man of Steel, plus a little something for each of DC and Marvel's winged, masked and caped crusaders. Prince, "Batdance" (1989) "Get the funk up!" For the "Batman" soundtrack, Prince not only crafted the track "Batdance," which featured voice tracks straight from the 1989 film, but the Purple One turned himself into a half Batman, half Joker pop star for the nearly seven-minute video. Dedication to DC Comics? We think so, with the Vicki Vale breakdown sealing the deal. Black Sabbath, "Iron Man" (1970) Black Sabbath's most well-known song may be about a time-traveling, destruction-seeking man turned to steel rather than the Marvel character, but that didn't stop the filmmakers behind the first of the "Iron Man" films from tossing the 1970 heavy metal jam into the movie's credits. Their approval is enough for us.

.moe, "Captain America" (1999) With Chris Evans fresh off the silver screen, where he reprised his role as Captain America in the new "Avengers" flick, moe.'s 1999 "L" release gives a nod to the Marvel super soldier, warning that anyone not like Captain America is "gonna wind up dead last / at the end of your rope." Manowar, "Thor (The Powerhead)" (1984) In this testosterone-dripping tune, iconic American heavy metal act Manowar pledge their allegiance to the almighty "Thor," complete with ear-shattering yelps and a guitar solo that never ends. Note the group harmonies that trace vocalist Eric Adams' chanting chorus of "Thor the Mighty / Thor the Brave / Crush the infidels in your way / By your hammer let none be saved." The Traits, "Nobody Loves the Hulk" (1969) The rights to this oddly upbeat rock track about the green behemoth's sorrows are not only owned by Marvel, but "Nobody Loves The Hulk" was also advertised in early '70s issues of Hulk comics.

The Traits' dynamic single not only recounts the unfortunate tale of Bruce Banner's Jekyll and Hyde-like transformation into the Hulk, it sympathizes with it. Snoop Dogg, "Batman & Robin" (2002) "A cold day in Gotham, in the Batcave chillin'," raps Snoop on his 2002 "Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss" album, celebrating the famous superhero duo. Lady of Rage and RBX are featured in the chorus, singing "Deep in Gotham, fighting crime / No one can save the day like Batman." Mandalay Victory, "Rely on Hawkeye" (2010) In this emo/screamo medley, Washington outfit Mandalay Victory don't just channel the strength and virtuosity of Hawkeye, they embody it. Soaring guitar riffs, thunderous drums and pulsating, melodic post-hardcore low screams beckon, "Our Day is Done / Our Battle Here is Won," profiling the strife of Hawkeye's development from lowly orphan to super hero.

Eminem, "Superman" (2003) Eminem sees himself just as powerful as any invincible superhero, rapping, "They call me Superman / Leap tall hoes in a single bound." The track is rumored to be about Mariah Carey, but Em is getting cozy with a porn star in the 2003 video for the track. The Ramones, "Spiderman" (1995) For the "1995 Saturday Morning: Cartoon's Greatest Hits" compilation, the Ramones channeled their bratty punk rock riffs into a super-charged take on the theme to TV's "Spider-Man" cartoon. Transforming a brassy vintage theme into an urban, PG-13 track, New York's favorite leather jacket punks flipped "Spider-Man" on its head. Now with 100% more percussion. 3 Doors Down, "Kryptonite" (2000) It's common to boast about the power of superheroes, but this track is all about weakness -- named for the one substance that could bring DC Comics' superhuman down.

"If I go crazy, will you still call me Superman?" asks 3 Doors Down in its highest-charting song to date. Paul McCartney & Wings, "Magento and Titanium Man" (1975) In a head-scratching move most Macca fans don't exactly remember, Paul McCartney wrote a Wings song about Marvel villains from across the superhero universe. From "X-Men" (Magneto) to "Iron Man" (Titanium Man and Crimson Dynamo), McCartney and his band have the comic world covered in this evil 1975 B-Side to "Venus and Mars/Rock Show." Wait, what? Queen, "Flash" (1980) If there is one thing Queen has never been short of, it's flash. Released in 1980, this legendary Queen track was created as the theme song for the "Flash Gordon" movie. Keyboardist Brian May plays little more than one note on his synth throughout the entirety of the song, propelling the track forward with Flash-like speed and energy. Queen also composed and performed all the music featured on the film's soundtrack. R.

Kelly, "Gotham City" (1997) Recorded for the 1997 "Batman & Robin" film soundtrack, this R. Kelly track reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with lyrics about the city of justice, love and peace. The song revered the fictional city made famous by the DC comic, paying tribute to Bruce Wayne's crime-ridden home in lyrics like "I'm lookin' over the skyline of the city / How loud quiet nights in the mist of crime / How next door to happiness lives sorrow / And signals of solution in the sky." Five For Fighting, "Superman (It's Not Easy)" (2000) More about the vulnerable side of a hero than defeating Lex Luthor, Five For Fighting's hit single "Superman" struck a chord with listeners in 2000, with lyrics like, "I'm only a man / In a funny red sheet." John Ondrasik, the mastermind behind Five For Fighting, carries bittersweet sincerity with a delicate falsetto and an even more fragile piano melody, illustrating that even superheroes can be human.

Suicide, "Ghost Rider" (1977) Marvel's Ghost Rider was a favorite of the band Suicide, who took its name from Ghost Rider comic book "Satan Suicide." The early punk band played tribute to the motorcycling anti-hero on "Ghost Rider," the opening track of its debut 1977 self-titled album. About The Band About The Band Band Members About The Band Queen formed in 1971 and in 1973 signed their first recording contract for EMI. That year they released their first album, QUEEN. The same year saw their first major UK tour, and in 1974 they released QUEEN II as well as making their first UK headlining tour. They made their first US tour, and in November released SHEER HEART ATTACK which was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. 1975 saw their new release, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, and – significantly – the single Bohemian Rhapsody. At 5’ 55” it should have been too long for successful radio play but it became one of the greatest singles of all time, staying at No. 1 in the UK chart for nine weeks.

The video, directed by Bruce Gowers, is credited with being the first genuine promotional video. The song has regularly featured in all major pop polls and was recently named again as the best single of all time. The success of A NIGHT AT THE OPERA was equally stunning, giving the band their first platinum album. In 1976 they toured the US and Japan and by spring all four albums resided in the UK Top Twenty. Later that year they released A DAY AT THE RACES, and gave a free concert in Hyde Park to an estimated crowd of 200,000 fans. The album was a huge success, advance orders alone amounting to over 500,000. The following year saw two major US tours, the band’s sixth album, NEWS OF THE WORLD and the legendary double A side single, WE WILL ROCK YOU and WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS. 1978’s JAZZ, included another huge hit single in Bicycle Race and Queen toured the US and Canada. They spent much of 1979 touring in Europe and Japan, as well as releasing their first live album, LIVE KILLERS.

They were also approached to write the score for a forthcoming feature film, FLASH GORDON. Before that they released THE GAME in 1980 which went five times platinum in Canada alone! Another One Bites The Dust became the band’s biggest selling American single. Later that year the soundtrack for FLASH GORDON was released and by the end of the year Queen had sold over 45,000,000 albums worldwide. In 1981 they toured the Far East and were the first band to make a stadium tour of South America. They played to 131,000 people in Sao Paolo, the largest paying audience for any band anywhere in the world. GREATEST HITS, GREATEST FLIX and GREATEST PIX were released simultaneously later in the year and Greatest Hits has rarely been out of the UK album charts since. Greatest Flix was the first collection of promo-videos released commercially by any band. Next year saw the release of the band’s twelfth album, HOT SPACE whilst they were in the middle of a European tour. 1984 saw THE WORKS and the single Radio Ga Ga became a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in 19 countries.

Another huge hit was I Want To Break Free, featuring one of their most famous videos, all dressed in drag. In 1985 they were the headlining act at Rock in Rio, the biggest festival to be held anywhere in the world. They again made history that year with the show-stealing performance at Live Aid from Wembley Stadium, which proved to be a turning point for the band, One Vision being the first post Live Aid release. 1986 saw their 14th album, A KIND OF MAGIC, which was the soundtrack to the Russel Mulcahy film, Highlander. The title track became another worldwide smash and the album entered the UK charts at No. 1; later in the year the 2nd live album, LIVE MAGIC, went into the charts at No. 3. Between 1988 and 1991 Queen released three more albums, THE MIRACLE in 1989 and in 1991 INNUENDO and GREATEST HITS TWO. All three entered the UK charts at No. 1, as did the single Innuendo.

On 23rd November 1991 Freddie Mercury announced to the world that he had AIDS and the next day he died peacefully at his home, surrounded by family and friends. He remains the most high profile loss from the disease in the entertainment world and the news shocked fans throughout the world. As a tribute Bohemian Rhapsody /These Are The Days Of Our Lives was released as a double A-sided single to raise funds for the Terence Higgins Trust. It entered the UK chart at No. 1, where it stayed for five weeks, raising over £1,000,000 for the charity and Queen became the first band to have the same single top the uK charts twice. In December of that year Queen had 10 albums in the UK Top 100. In 1992 Freddie was awarded posthumously the BRIT’s “Outstanding Contribution to British Music” and Days Of Our Lives won Best Single. On 20th April many of the world’s top stars joined Brian, Roger and John on stage at Wembley for an emotional tribute to Freddie.

In 1995 the tracks that Queen had begun in 1991 were completed by Brian, Roger and John and the long-awaited MADE IN HEAVEN was released worldwide. It was the end of an era. Since then the phenomenon of Queen has remained, however, with continuing sales for their recorded output on CD and video. A ballet of their music by famous French choreographer Maurice Bejart was premiered at the National Theatre in Paris in 1997 and in May 2002 the hit musical We Will Rock You opened to sell-out audiences in London’s West End and continues to play to packed houses and standing ovations every night. Queen’s first DVD Greatest Video Hits Vol.1 was released at the end of October 2002, and yet another piece of Queen product entered the UK charts at number 1. October 2002 also saw Queen receive their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, joining The Beatles as only one of a handful of non-US bands to receive the much coveted honour.

Last year, 2004 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Walk of Fame, and in the UK were voted by the public into the first UK Music Hall of Fame. Queen’s musical has since opened in Australia, Spain, Las Vegas,USA, Russia, Germany and is scheduled to open in Japan this May. Brian and Roger continue to be ambassadors for Nelson Mandela’s 46664 HIV/AIDS awareness campaign and this month, March, played a second benefit concert for 46664 in Fancourt, South Africa. Brian and Roger took Queen back onto the touring circuit for the first time since 1986 in 2005 and 2008, joined by former Free/Bad Company singer, songwriter and musicial Paul Rodgers playing concerts across the UK and throughout Europe.

Question: Which group released the soundtrack for the 1980 film "Flash Gordon"?
Answer: Queen